Episode 13. Leaving Braunston and heading onto The Oxford Canal With our Narrow boat

The ice thaws at Braunston marina and we eventually ease our narrowboat off of its moorings at Braunston Marina and turn onto the Oxford Canal heading towards Banbury. Mother Nature has different plans and our 14 hours journey takes a little longer.
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[@eleanorbates1342]

You've both inspired us to try this way of life.......watch this space

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Wow, exciting times ahead 😃

[@barryl8857]

Fish and chips. I think a narrow boat that serves ONLY fish and chips would make a pile of cash. All narrow boaters (and me) want fish and chips. Let us know where the good ones are. Keep the vids coming, great entertainment for us land lubbers.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

So glad you're enjoying the vids Barry😁

[@borderreiver3288]

love it down at Napton...used to go for a walk there when I lived between Coventry and Rugby...loved the locks and the mill on the hill...and going to the Blue Lias pub....with that boat in the field why was the reason they moored there...is it to save on taxes and such...that is the joy of the canals...you can go as fast or as slow as you want...and enjoy the views as you go....

[@whotknots]

You can still leave a like on a smart TV via the options menu. I don't often watch KZbin on mine, but from memory you access the choices via three vertical dots on the bottom left of the screen which when you mouse over them with the remote say 'more' then you scroll right to 'thumbs up'!

[@jaapbruijn1300]

I like your plan!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

😁

[@Aindriuh]

They will have fun emptying their Elsan/pumpout tank and getting water on that beached NB 😉

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

😂🤣👍

[@malcolmolding2804]

Hope we get to meet you nice people over a bloody good pint one day. The vlogs are fine. Just the right amount of footage and chat. Informative and humble unlike a certain sanctimonious blogger who we unsubscribed due to his continuous self praise and talking to people as though he was the only one worthy of narrowboating lol...some of you will know who I mean...

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Each to their own, I'm probably not everyones cup of tea, but as long a a few people enjoy the vids then I'm happy, So glad you're enjoying the vids👍. Im always up for a Ryte Nyce Pynt 🍺🍺 Cheers

[@ewanhuzarmie9575]

I know exactly who you mean. They have a very shiny 'udson boat and tell everyone how properly they do things. Odd though, how they are coy about their boat's name (it's 'Electra No 3', btw)

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Looks like we are going to get to have that RNP after all 🍺🍺

[@trevpaula4781]

We love your fvlogs which you’ve inspired us to try our first narrowboat holiday :) which we hope is successful because we’d love to lead the life you do

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Trev Girton Brilliant, I hope that everything is in your favour when you’re on your hols 👍

[@robton007]

Still ploughing through your old vids,enjoying so far....

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Rob Good👍

[@davidbutler4363]

Really enjoyed this guys ,thanks😁👍👏👏👏

[@ColinJaquesNarrowboatBuild]

Very true, the plan is, no plan, just as where ever you are going, you are already there .We only left the marina on Monday and have had only two stops and have only traveled 3 miles, so really good to be in the slow lane .

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Colin Jaques - Narrowboat Build 3 miles, that’s a whole days cruising for us, enjoy every minute of that beautiful boat, you deserve it after all that hard work and hours of entertainment you and Trevor provided us👍

[@martinlanders]

This is a fun vid ,, love the chat 💭 between the two of you

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks martin

[@ebujvt65]

Really like you interaction with each other especially when you're laughing a lot

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

thanks

[@ebujvt65]

From Oregon. A fun spot in my day seeing you 2 enjoying each other's company, don't see a lot of that

[@knobby2knobby]

'right nice pint'....... a bloody nice pint!' Love it great video guys.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Cheers🍺

[@johnharrisprd]

Would love more outside canal filming,

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment John, Do you mean more footage of the canals or more footage of the places we visit? 👍

[@farukarslan8779]

whenever you say "right nice pint", ı burst into laughs mate, keep saying it and spreading happiness :D

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

🤣😂🍺

[@markbutton3886]

Hello you too happy smiley folks, loving the format and your optimism about life. Your not like some of the whinging pom's on some of the other vlogs. Making a Pilgrimage back to the mother land for Crick in May hope to see you there. Looking forward to a good pie and a RGP also Whelks with my Mum in Folkestone.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Mark Button ,thank pal, glad you’ve enjoyed the vids. Unfortunately we won’t be at Crick this year, Love a whelk myself, any shell fish come to think of it, but my favourite is Cromer crab 🦀 Thanks for taking the time to comment👍

[@sylviapage8572]

Really enjoying your channel and I’m trying hard to catch up! You should have gone to the chippy in Braunston or the chippy van calls at Wigram’s Turn Marina, I think on a Thursday around 7pm but check first because I’m drinking wine! I love fish and chips and have them every Friday when I’m at home because it’s a tradition in our family and my parents who are 88 and 89 look forward to them. Thankfully we have a fantastic local chippy. You’re so right about canal time. A few years ago we hired a boat on the L&L and wanted to travel to Saltaire to visit the mills. We left Barnoldswick and headed to Skipton and the Bingley 5 rise. I always drive which meant my husband had to do the swing bridges. As we were under time constraints he had to do 32 swing bridges in one day! It then took ages to get down the 5 rise so we did make it to Saltaire but we then had to turn or wind and head straight back. It wasn’t a problem because we dropped off the hire boat then got in the car and 20 minutes later we were in Saltaire. That’s when we knew we had to buy our own boat! Thanks for share no your journey.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Sylvia Page wow, 32 swing bridges in a day😱, I remember as a kid it was always round nan and grandads on a Saturday for fish n chips

[@robprideaux3279]

Lovely video again. Really enjoying watching the slow pace of life

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks Rob👍

[@christopherstevenson4780]

Hello Mark and Deborah, I like all the videos up to now, and intend to enjoy the rest of them. Mark, you have a great sense of humour, and Deborah, you are lovely. I envy your lifestyle, enjoy it, and if it takes 8 days to travel 14 hours of cruising, SO WHAT? Deborah, the only way to be happy "steering the boat", is to do it more often. Mark, could you not manage to do a couple of brewery tours? Are there any near, or on the canal? Keep up the good work, and do it for those of us who can't do it.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Glad you like them!. I am planning a brewery tour in the future 👍🍺

[@thomaswitman8592]

Another thoroughly enjoyable video. You're a treat to watch. Keep it up, guys ! Cheers !

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks Thomas 👍

[@hw476]

Oh I have so had that fish and chips craving lately so on the way home from work the other evening I stopped at a fish and chip shop and treated myself to a small portion of chips. They were delicious 😋. Thing is I don’t usually eat white carbs so it was an absolute luxury. Not to be repeated for a very long time. 😂 Hope you got your diesel. Lovely that your not tied to a ridged timetable. 😁

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

We all have to have something naughty every so often, and yes, we finally got our diesel. Thanks for watching

[@jennifermillardX]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful Journeys X I love watching all the great places you get to and the lovely Canals X Take Care X

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks Jennifer, glad you're enjoying the vids👍

[@algernon9324]

You guys are naturals at vloging. I’ve learnt so much from watching you!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

thanks👍

[@ronbearman6783]

Hi guys Liked the vlog can't beat layed back lifestyle take it as it comes Look forward to next vlog

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

If we get any more played back we will fall over😂

[@exfiremanstan]

In a panic rush took me 19 days from Llangollen to the Stort 😂 average speed 2mph.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Life in the fast lane 🤣😂

[@johnharrisprd]

Both please We love seeing your travels, all the way over here in Australia

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Wow, Australia, gday John👍👍

[@johnhardwick8771]

Got onto your vlogs a couple of days ago. Now watching from E12. I had a narrow boat from 1986 till 2016, when I moved to Australia to live with my daughter and her family. I’m really enjoying what I’ve seen it reminds me so much of my time with my late wife in our boat. The canals are one of the things I miss most about the UK. I will continue to watch and catch up with your vlogs.

[@numberplateguy8511]

Great video When you fancy a meal Eg fish and chips or a fry up etc you have eaten the meal in your mind which is annoying when you want nothing but the meal you have in your mind to and then can't find your desired meal nothing else competes

[@Grzz51]

I just subscribed and hit the notification bell because.......at 11:15 you passed a boat with the name of Dot's Dream which coincidentally is my oldest sister's name.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Wow, welcome aboard👍

[@JCDiamond]

We saw that landlocked narrowboat and the teepee this past summer! The teepee had a bathtub next to it in the summer...

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

we will be coming back later during the year so will stop off for a bath 👍

[@andrewcarmichael8683]

Ok, I've subscribed. This video makes me feel like moving to England, buying a narrowboat and living on it with my good lady wife (disclaimer- Have to find both, a narrowboat and good lady wife)!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Andrew Carmichael Ha Ha i can help you with the narrowboat search, but I’ll leave you to sort out the wife bit on your own. What country are you in?

[@andrewcarmichael8683]

Bermuda! Can have a live-a-board, but the waters get a bit choppy unless you are in a protected mooring, and world outside is still close by. It would be like mooring up in London!

[@Minikisses20000]

I know someone that moores their boat at Cropedy. 💕💕💕

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

We have probably passed their boat then 👍

[@Minikisses20000]

@@welldeckdiaries5610 I should have put there boat name. Tranquil waters. .💕💕

[@nw24153ns]

When someone asks where you will be on a certain day ... tell them you'll be on you boat!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

😂

[@Aindriuh]

Or "at home" 😉

[@jamesfagan8474]

Nice video guys

[@thekitowl]

New subscriber , loving your work. 👍

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks you

[@grumpybore863]

new subscriber. just recently had you pop up as a recommended vlog on KZbin's recommendations page. am enjoying your videos!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Cheers for watching

[@TrevsTravelsByNarrowboat]

I am pretty sure the boat in the field, would give the Wardle canal a run for its money as the shortest canal in the UK

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Wow, just googled it , only 154 long, we should be able to do that in a day 😂

[@TrevsTravelsByNarrowboat]

@@welldeckdiaries5610 A lot of people don't even know they have been on it, as it joins the Trent & Mersey with the Middlewich I believe it was the most expensive canal to travel on back in its day

[@johnhardwick8771]

The Wardle Canal is as you say 154 feet long, but it also contains a lock.

[@TrevsTravelsByNarrowboat]

@@johnhardwick8771 The one in the picture, just requires a JCB to get out.

[@phildean4375]

What a great couple! Similar age to myself and my good lady. Same aim. You got their before us, though. I think there should be an official scale of pintage... bloody good is clearly better than right nice but what lies either side? Subscribed.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks phill, hope you get to live your dreams, I agree with devising a scale for a RYTE NYCE PYNT, id better get my thinking cap on👍

[@numberplateguy8511]

Good viewer stats

[@Tnapvrvideo]

Might you have an opinion on the two options that I have come across via other KZbin channels regarding bottom painting the narrowboat? Many owners seem to choose the "Bitumen" paint option which last for 2+ years. One couple had their boat bottom sand blasted clean, and then it was coated with a 2-pack epoxy and finished with a top coat of glossy black paint which lasts for 5+ yeas. I would imagine cost is consistent with longevity and preparation efforts. Thoughts?

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

we went for the normal bitumen type of blacking as this was our first time, but we will consider 2pk when it due for blacking again

[@williamolsmit4659]

No hurries, no worries, unless you're out of libations and I need of a pint

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

👍

[@stephaniewilson3955]

3:30 mins: I think this is where a farmer accommodates his farm labourer. He would need to pay the CRT to moor it on the canal.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

👍

[@lordbelvoir2543]

Great post....but where did you loose ya water skier 0:20

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Lord Belvoir That wasn’t our boat breaking through the ice. It was one i filmed passing as i walked the dogs

[@lordbelvoir2543]

@@welldeckdiaries5610 flipping eck.....he would've got a bollocking if he past my boat at that speed...i should've known it weren't you👍

[@johnfoster3286]

I AM enjoying the content. A question, how long is the boat please?

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

John Foster She’s 60 ft 👍

[@nigelnicholson7439]

Actually, the canal from Braunston to Napton Junction is the Grand Union not the Oxford Canal. It used to be the Osford untik the Grand Union bought it from them in the (I think) 1930s.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks for that, I wasn't aware, but now I've checked my Nicholsons guide I can see my mistake, and who better to correct me than a Nicholson👍

[@colinracheljustpootling7468]

I’d ignore the thumbs down. Another lovely relaxing vlog from you 2

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks Colin, means a lot👍

[@colinracheljustpootling7468]

Well Deck Diaries we looked at your boat when we visited crick last year. Our search starts in the very near future now so hope to be in the same position as you guys in the not to distant future 👍

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

good luck, I hope it all goes to plan👍

[@myCloudWatcher]

More beer reviews. I can not wait for the "correct" Fish and Chips. Ta ta for now

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

more beer reviews means more beer, win win 👍🍺

[@MartyLJ57]

Is notice the pints very in alcohol % so what is the minimum and maximum % they can make their ails ?

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Varies from 0.5 % up to 12% but the normal is in the 3.5 to 5.5 range

[@alfiethomas8736]

Is there a time when you can’t drive your boat on the canal

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Skateboarding and bmxing Fan09 if we are on a river and they issue strong stream warnings after heavy rain and also if the canal or river freezes over as breaking through the ice scrapes the protective blacking of of the hull which will lead to hull corrosion

[@rayoakhill4237]

Just binged watched up to Episode 13 and found your vlogs very honest and enjoyable. I was very surprised that you did not visit The Folly at the bottom of Napton nine, although you did try The Wharf at Fenny. I also love a good well flavoured pint and have a spreadsheet on my phone of 127 waterway pubs and still counting. They are spread out from The Thames and up the GU, into the midlands and Yorkshire Canals and all the places I have stopped at on Stronghold over the last few years. You may have read a few of my blogs on nbstronghold.blogspot.com Happy cruising and maybe we will meet up one day. Don't forget that it is the fastest way to slow down on a narrowboat.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Ray Oakhill Wow 13 in one go, must be a glutton for punishment 😂. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment👍

[@TheChrysler56]

Uwwww!!! HADDOCK & Chips is thee only fish with batter on worthy of a pallet that’s used to supping a Ryte Nyce Pynt than’ose. I’m still catchin up with thee vlogs....being an overworked underpaid HGV driver tanker driver it’s taking a long time. Its 3am here, Time to go watch the backs of my eyelids after a night shift delivering fuel for these horrid car drivers. Lol.....I’ve got some red diesel for ya....meet me on the river trent in Gainsborough and I’ll fill ya to the brim. Just need to sell a tanker load of road diesel then I can buy my narrowboat and disappear as if by magic on the canals of the once Great British island that was. Lol....

[@malcolmolding2804]

Gary John Baker haddock and chips all the way mate!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Gary, as a HGV driver I think its in your blood to own your own boat and become an HGV delivery driver of yesteryear . Safe Journeys👍

[@TheChrysler56]

Well Deck Diaries.....Mmmm! Good idea. A converted barge with a boatman’s cabin and a 2000 litre storage tank containing red diesel (gas oil) and other essential items, going round the canals fuelling up the good folks narrowboats especially on a Monday when the marinas are closed. Lol...

[@TheChrysler56]

Malcolm Olding.......sounds tasty.....👍

[@TheRealSmithFamily]

I assume you’ve answered this 1000 times.🥴 Were the previous owners of your boat Lithuanian?

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Smith Family KZbin the owners before us were English but I don’t know about the first people to own the boat , we’ve actually had Latvian tourists jump on the back calling down to us and they confirmed it says Our Home

[@bigfoot9911]

went to get diesel ... fail..... went to get other diesel ..fail ...... went to pub......got stuck..... RESULT !!! are you sure you were really stuck ?

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

😂Thats my Story and I'm sticking to it👍

[@margaretwhite1724]

I like your blogs and you are a nice couple, but I dont understand this patreon thing! I know it's not just you. Why ask people to gift you money each month to help you live the life you love without having to work. You sold your house so you have money! Why do we who work give narrowboaters money to live a work free life that a lot of people would love, but cant afford to? I just dont get it and I think it's wrong! Sorry, you say comment positive or negative! If you cant do it with your own money dont do it!!!🙁.that's how I feel everyone us different.!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

It's no different than a tip box or a buskers cap, give if you want to, but still watch and enjoy the videos if you don't. Yes I sold the house, how did you think I managed to buy the boat. And just to make things clear I have never asked for money. Maybe a modern platform like KZbin isn't for you Margret 🤔 Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍

[@margaretwhite1724]

It's a case of agree to disagree. You have your opinion I have mine. Over and out!!